Russia to work on retaliatory measures against new U.S. sanctions - Foreign Ministry

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FILE PHOTO: A coat of arms is seen through barbed wire on the wall of the Russian embassy in Kiev, Ukraine March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Moscow was starting to work on retaliatory measures after the United States announced a new round of sanctions against Moscow.

Washington said on Wednesday it was imposing fresh sanctions on Russia by the end of August after determining that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former Russian agent and his daughter in Britain, something the Kremlin denies.

Zakharova told reporters at a briefing that no evidence had been presented to prove Russia’s blame, and that the pretext for the new round of sanctions had been made up.